This yr, Granny Aupair is celebrating its fifteenth anniversary. We’re completely satisfied to dedicate an article to have fun its actions that make it doable for mature girls to go away as au-pairs everywhere in the world.
Based 15 years in the past by German Michela Hansen, Granny Aupair is an company that permits girls to go away as au-pairs even when they’re not younger. The basic thought is that mature girls are nonetheless completely able to caring for youngsters, in addition to older individuals, and that they nonetheless have the will – maybe much more so – to discover the world and domesticate human relationships.
I used to be an au-pair in England after I was 18, and after that enriching expertise, I’ve at all times thought it a nice disgrace that this subject – like many others, in spite of everything – is reserved just for the youthful a part of humanity. In actuality, now that I’ve already handed sixty, I’d strategy the expertise of integrating right into a household in a extra mature, conscious, and ready method. To not point out that having raised two youngsters, I’m very conversant in little ones.
Granny Aupair began from this concept: why can’t a girl additional alongside in years depart as an au-pair? It started connecting mature girls keen to present a few of their time in alternate for meals and lodging as a foundation for locating new locations, with households everywhere in the world. The experiences multiplied, and the tales of those incredible au-pair grannies are charming. You possibly can learn one right here, or additionally pay attention (in case you perceive Italian) to the episode of our podcast Sconfinate, Storie di altri mondi, the place German Monika, who left as an au-pair granny in Italy, beloved our nation a lot that she purchased a home and determined to settle right here completely. And she or he is actually not the one one who has chosen to vary her life and nation after an au-pair expertise.
Over time, Granny Aupair has certainly turn into more and more worldwide. The ladies who need to depart as au-pairs are not solely German, and the locations the place the households internet hosting them are positioned are really scattered everywhere in the world.
Leaving as an au-pair even in mature age is a incredible alternative to find new locations whereas feeling secure, with a strong base and surrounded by individuals with whom a strong relationship of belief is constructed. And sometimes it’s exactly once we are older that our selections are extra acutely aware and thought of, decreasing the chance of untimely returns or failure of the expertise. Granny Aupair has now established itself as THE company to show to for embarking on this stunning journey, and we’re really happy to increase our greatest needs for lengthy life and plenty of extra years of extraordinarily necessary exercise!
Claudia Landini (Claudiaexpat)
April 2025
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